Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1887-01-22
DISTRICT
The Hill ~ Reported to the House To
day

DISTRICT APPROPRIATION.
The Hill as Reported to the House To-
day.
The House appropriations committee completed
the District appropriation bill to-day and ordered
1t to be reported to the House. The total Of the
bill % 679 99 an increase Of little over hum
dred thousand dollars over current BILL chiefly In
the appropriations for schools and streets.
TIE DISTRICT OFFICES.
For salaries and contingent for the District gov
eminent $149 5S4 Ii given reduction Of s., $50
The appropriation under this head for the as
SCISSORS Office is increased 81, 7oo that for the col
lector's Office reduced s. TOO; the coroners Office
increased $50; the market-masters reduced 800
and the engineers Office $500.
Fob IMPROVEMENT AND REPAIRS
the following items are given: Repairs to concrete
pavefneatA $4,000; materials for permit work,
S5, 00O continuing surveys Of the District 81 OOO
improving OF streets and avenues, $500, 600; con-
structing maintaining ana repairs OF bridges
$12, 600. This makes q reduction OF $3.50 for the
construction ana repairs OF bridges and Increases
900 for material for permit work, and $34 600
for Improvements Of streets and avenues.
-, For the engineering and repairs Of
FOR sTERETs AND SEWERS.
APPROPRIATIONS are made as follows, the item for
extending suburban streets, ETC., being omitted:
Sprinkling, sweeping, ETC., streets. avenues and
alleys $50, GOO; current work OF streets, avenues
and alleys, $4,000; current work of county roads,
ETC., $4,000; parking commission, $1S, 900; light
Ing avenues, streets and alleys S115, 600; hay
scales, $500; harbor ana river front, $1,000;
Uyss In 81
spr1nkling, etc. over last year is $4,000; that for
lighting the streets is $4,000 $4,000 being for
harbor was not in last bill. For sewers the in
crease is s., OOO
THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS
are appropriated for as follows: For officers,
So $50; for teachers, s43s 270; for night schools
S. 800; for Janitors and care OF buildings S 400;
rent OF school buildings, $4,000; repairs and I'M
provements, $4,000; sanitary improvements OF
$4,000 for fuel, 900; tools and machinery for
buildings, $50 600. The estimate OF eight super
vising principals was stricken out. The total for
the schools is an increase OF $63 $40 over
last bill.
The items of increase are: 81, $40 for teachers;
$500 for night schools; g. 500 for care OF build
tngs; $500 for rent OF school buildings; $4,000
81, 900 for Industrial Instructions, tools &c. and
$4,000 for new buildings.
MISCELLANEOUS.
For Metropolitan police is given 1914 7O0 for the
fire department. Sos, 500; for telegraph and tele
phone service, se $40; health department, SD $50.
District in Court q sS Claims & irhis item IS
not in the current bill For interest on sinking
fund OF the District, 81 ,21s947.97 is given; for
500; for the washington asylum is given
e53, 305, about $4,000 less than last bill;
19y the ey K 1he hess
Is given 500 less than last year, for Transporter
tion OF paupers, 81 600 ia given; Tor Georgetown
almshOuse, 81 800; for support OF insane STE, 132
APPROPRIATIONS FOR CHARITIES
are as follows: Relief Of the poor Sic, 900; Colum-
al
tian association, $4,000; Association for destitute
colored women and children, &c. 800; Children's
hospital, 5000; st. AIMS infant asylum. 5000;
Church orpnanage Loo washington hospitals
s, 900; Association Tor works OF mercy, $1,000:
National homeopathic hospital, $1,000. In all
81 500, with an increase OF s. 500 for Washington
founding hospital as partial offset.
The grand total OF the bill, exclusive OF water
department, is -, 679, 92S.97.
THE WATER DEPARTMENT.
Appropriations for the water department are
made as follows: For salaries and contingent
g. 1886; engineers fremen, &C., $50, 600; new
pumping engines, So, 1000; interest and sinking
1und water bonds, S44,G1O; interest and sinking
fund increased water supply, s76,655.69. In ALL
$24S, 2O169.
WHY AN APPROPRIATION FOR AN ICE BOAT FOR THE
POTOMAC WAS OMITTED.
Representative wilson, chairman OF the sub
committee in charge OF the District appropriation
bill, says that bill has been completed without
containing any provision for an ice boat in the Pc
tomac river; but he says that is not the fault Of
the committee; that the committee were anxious
to make provision for the regular employment OF
boat to keep the channel OF the river open, but
had no information as to what was
necessary in the premises; that no
body came forward with the necessary
Information and, not knowing what to do, the
committee omitted the provision. He says the
plan now will be for somebody TO offer an amend
ment in the House appropriating the necessary
amount, and that all the committee will accept it
and vote for it, but In the meantime it will be
cessary for somebody TO come forward with in
formation as to what is necessary and how much
money will be needed.
OFFICERS OF THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
The appropriation for officers OF the public
schools is arranged thus: One superintendent Of
the first six divisions at salary OF So TOO super
intendent Of the seventh and eighth divisions at
salary or $225O clerk to the former at a salary
81 200, and a clerk to the latter at salary OF
$500. The number Of teachers is increased to $751;
at an average salary OF $67O, provided that the
teacher OF music shall not be paid more than
81 800 per Year.
Teachers at day schools may teach night schools
also.